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Magni

The Premise

Trapped in a cursed manor with a mind of its own, you'll need to avoid monsters and search for an exit in this singleplayer wallet card game inspired by classic point-and-click games and choose-your-own-adventure stories. Magni is endlessly replayable, using roguelike elements to ensure mystery around every corner for even the most familiar players. Magni was developed by our team of 4 over the course of 1 school semester, under the design constraint of using no more than 18 cards.

  • Gameplay Designer

    • Created early gameplay concepts and prototypes

    • Ideated card uses alongside teammates to maximize resources within our constraints

    • Communicated design intentions with artists to ensure cohesion between gameplay and visuals

  • Systems Designer

    • Thoroughly planned and balanced game mechanics prior to testing with physical cards to reduce necessary adjustments and keep later stages of production smooth

My Roles

My Responsibilities

  • Gameplay consistency

    • Checked in with teammates to ensure all aspects of the project were consistent in terms of theme, terminology, quality, and usability

  • Systems Balancing

    • Ensuring gameplay felt fair and was exciting to players regardless of the scenario or previous experience

Challenges Faced

  • Short production time with minimal opportunities for playtesting

    • Overcame by thoroughly testing internally and considering and adjusting for potential balancing issues before they arose

  • Tight compliance limitations

    • Overcame by taking unconventional approaches to challenges and pushing the resources available to us to the maximum to ensure no potential was wasted (and maybe a very slight amount of simply seeing what we could get away with)

Skills / Knowledge Gained

  • Experience throughout a full production cycle, from preproduction to final polish and gold version (printed cards)

  • Experience working within strict compliance constraints

  • Experience working within a small team

  • Tabletop game development

This website, along with everything showcased within it, was created without the use of any generative AI.

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